Field notebook 1886 #1

• Main Author: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English; German; Tsimshian; Tlingit
• Published: 1886
• Subjects: Kwakiutl Indians; Tlingit Indians; Heiltsuk Indians; Nuxalk Indians; Tsimshian Indians; Oowekeeno Indians; Wuikinuxv; Kwakwaka'wakw; British Columbia; tlingit; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*
• Online Access: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/field-notebook-1886-1

This is the first of four field notebooks Boas used on his first trip to British Columbia in 1886. This notebook covers September 18 to October 3, 1886. Includes vocabularies, texts, notes in German shorthand, and some sketches, relating to Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw (Kwagu'ł, ʼNa̱mǥis, Tłatła̱siḵwa̱la), Tsimshian, Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Oowekeeno (Wuikinuxv, "Wikano"), Tlingit, and Bella Bella (Heiltsuk) peoples. Recorded in part at Victoria, Nahwitti ("Newettee," Xwa̱mdasbeʼ), and elsewhere on Vancouver Island. This notebook contains Boas's very first notes on visiting Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw communities.